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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author say a mother who has lost a child responds to words of comfort about where the child is?
(a) She is relieved.
(b) She is grateful.
(c) She is not comforted.
(d) She wants to join the child.

2. What does Lewis think people who grieve should do?
(a) Talk freely about their pain.
(b) Talk to their pastors.
(c) Grit their teeth and get on with life.
(d) Remove themselves from society.

3. How will the author respond if talked to about the "truth of religion"?
(a) He will argue theology.
(b) He will refuse to engage in conversation.
(c) He will listen gladly.
(d) He will listen submissively.

4. What does the author state causes human beings to regard God falsely?
(a) Tainted and depraved ideas.
(b) The devil.
(c) The way God tests people.
(d) Organized religion.

5. What does the author finally decide about the reality of death?
(a) That it is a cheap trick.
(b) That it is an illusion.
(c) That is certainly exists.
(d) That it brings freedom from suffering.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author picture the "eternal somethings" that he and H. would be after this life?

2. How long were the author and H. married?

3. What does the author think lessens the horror of a terminal illness?

4. Of what emotion does grief remind the author?

5. What theory about God does the author dismiss?

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